Antenova has acquired gigaAnt, the short range antenna business, from Finnish company Perlos.

The UK antenna developer said the deal brings both new products and, perhaps more importantly, a global sales channel for Antenova's existing technology.

"The gigaAnt purchase enables us to give our customers access to a broader range of standard off-the-shelf antennas, which means faster time to market with an already field-proven antenna solution," said Greg McCray, CEO at Antenova.

gigaAnt's antennas are aimed at Bluetooth, WiFi and other short range media. Antenova, on the other hand, is aiming at a wider spread of products, from mobile phones down to Bluetooth.

Earlier this year Antenova won $12m in funding and a contract to supply Motorola with one million of its high dielectric, quad-band antennas.

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